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Preserving rural bygones
Bee shelter - Hartpury
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This amazing bee shelter can be seen at Hartpury churchyard in Gloucestershire. The only bee shelter of its kind, built by Paul Tuffley in his garden at Nailsworth in the mid 19th century. Made with local Cotswold stone from quarries worked by the family.
With the threat of destruction in 1968 the bee shelter was moved to Hartpury Agricultural College . It was later taken on by the Hartpury Historic Buildings Trust because of redevelopment at the college and in 2002 was moved to St, Mary's churchyard Hartpury.
It had actually been put together wrongly when first moved to the college but Conservators re-erected the bee house to it's original form and restored it using Weatherstone from a Minchinghampton quarry and Freestone from the original Balls Green quarry, an underground mine quarry which closed in the 1930s.
Built to house straw skeps the bee house has 33 boles, 28 on two levels and 5 larger ones on the lower level.
If you are in the area pop in and take a look, it's well worth it.
©rescuingthepast.co.uk 2006-2010
With the threat of destruction in 1968 the bee shelter was moved to Hartpury Agricultural College . It was later taken on by the Hartpury Historic Buildings Trust because of redevelopment at the college and in 2002 was moved to St, Mary's churchyard Hartpury.
It had actually been put together wrongly when first moved to the college but Conservators re-erected the bee house to it's original form and restored it using Weatherstone from a Minchinghampton quarry and Freestone from the original Balls Green quarry, an underground mine quarry which closed in the 1930s.
Built to house straw skeps the bee house has 33 boles, 28 on two levels and 5 larger ones on the lower level.
If you are in the area pop in and take a look, it's well worth it.
©rescuingthepast.co.uk 2006-2010
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